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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : col. ill. ; 18 cm.).
Based on the real incident of Abe Sada. An ex-prostitute becomes involved in an obsessive love affair with the master of the household where she is employed as a servant which culminates in murder and mutilation.
Janus Films ; Argos films-Oshima Productions ; director, Nagisa Oshima ; producer, Anatole Dauman ; screenplay, Nagisa Oshima.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1976.
Booklet features an essay by Donald Richie and a reprinted interview with Oshima.
Extras include: audio commentary by Tony Rayns; new interview with Tatsuya Fuji; 1976 interview with Fuji and Eiko Matsuda; 2003 interviews with Hayao Shibata, Koji Wakamatsu, Yoichi Sai and Yoko Asakura; deleted footage; US trailer.
Matsuda Eiko, Fuji Tatsuya, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri, Kanae Kobayashi, Tiji Tonoyama, Kyôji Kokonoe, Naomi Shiraishi, Shinkichi Noda, Kyôko Okada.
Blu-ray disc; Region A; Dolby Digital (uncompressed monaural soundtrack); high definition; requires Blu-ray player.
Japanese with optional English subtitles. Opening credits and title frame in French.
Cinematographer, Ito Hideo ; art, Toda Jūshō ; editors, Keiichi Uraoka, Patrick Sauvion ; original music, Miki Minoru.
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 466